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Show HEYBURN RULED BY PISS1HSPEECI Ill-Advised Attack of Idaho's Senator Arouses Resentment Among Constituents. IDAHO CITIZENS BLAME HIM FOR HIS STATEMENTS General View Is That Senator Is Behind Times on Forest Reserves. Spocial to The Tribuno. BOISE, Ida., Sept. 5, The intemperate, intemper-ate, not to say ill-nutured and sneering attack made "by Senator Hoyburn last night on the forest policy of tho Eoosovelt administration has been tho subject of much comment here todaj-, that is anything but complimentary to the Senator. Tins, too, without much reference to party lines. Even Republicans Repub-licans who agree In a general way with I tho Senator's position on the forest question think the attack uncalled for and ill-advised, and that he went entirely en-tirely too fur. Aside from the merits of the torest question, the opinion is general that Senator Iloyburu mado a great mistako in losing his temper and allowing himself him-self to be provoked into making statements state-ments some of vvhich wore puerile and others untrue and indefensible. In. some quarters his potulanco and irascibility irasci-bility is excused on tho physical ground that he has not fully recovered from his illness of last winter. Favor Forest Eeservos. In southern and eastern Idaho public sentiment is overwhelmingly in favor of the forest reserves as now udinnus-terod, udinnus-terod, tho fact of which Senator Hoy-burn Hoy-burn does not seem to be awaro. These people, almost without exception, condemn con-demn his action of last night in unmeasured un-measured terms. At a meeting of tho Idaho State delegation del-egation to the Irrigation congress, held todav, one pf tho questions discussed was "Senator ifevburn's misrepresentation misrepresenta-tion of the State" in his hostility to the forest service. Many delegates wore in favor of passing a resolution, repudiating repudiat-ing the sentiment of the Senator s speech and approving the forest administration. ad-ministration. Others counseled delay and the matter was carried over to a meeting of the delegation to, bo held Thursday morning, flic sentiment of tho delegation iB decisively in disap-nroval disap-nroval of the Senator's attack, but it may content itself with a simple approval ap-proval of the forest service. Not Up to tho TimoB. Paid one innn to whom Tho Tribune representative talked: "In this matter Senator Iloyburu is living in the past. Public sentiment and public education have outstriopod him Tho procession has gone by, and he doesn't know it, or is too obstinate to admit it. Even if that were not so. his speech last nitrht was a discredit to a Senator of the United States. As to the merits of the controversy. Senator Dubois hit tho nail on tho head when ho said the only specific obiection Senator Iloyburu made to the' forest reserve law waa ouo that did not exist. " , |